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Articles Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma Wellness 

Social Connection: Friendship and the Bonds that Help us Overcome

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Health Collective Covid-19, Lockdown Diaries, Relationships, Understanding Relationships

This pandemic may just have taught us to re-examine the things that matter, the relationships we take for granted, and how we go about building a support system in the first place

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Parenting
Articles Ask the Experts Guest Contributors 

Indians: Do We Know What it Means to Individuate as Adults?

June 22, 2019 Health Collective ask the experts, Mental Health and Urban India, Relationships, Understanding Relationships

By Aqseer Sodhi “The day my mother dies, I’ll also die.” Recently, a dear friend told me he’d just met

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Love in the air
Ask the Experts Guest Contributors Mental Health 

Relationship Stress and More: What’s Troubling our Kids

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Health Collective ask the experts, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Dr Samir Parikh, Mental Health and Students, Parenting, Relationships, Stress and Children

By Dr. Samir Parikh I have been working with children across the country for almost two decades now. As a part

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Guest Contributors Mental Health Your Stories 

Your Stories: How to Navigate Relationships and Love With Depression

February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 Health Collective Adults and Mental Health, D is for Depression, Depression, healing, Love, Relationships, Shubhrata Prakash, YOUR STORIES

By Shubhrata Prakash Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and to use a cheesy line, well, “Love is in

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Rainbow Pride
Articles Mental Health Sukanya Sharma 

Pride and Love: How to Navigate Intimacy and Emotional Health

February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 Health Collective Emotional Health, Freedom Series, LGBTQ+, mental health, Relationships

This article is part of our FREEDOM SERIES; in the run-up to Valentine’s Day and as we aim to upend

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Ask the Experts Guest Contributors 

How to Ensure Empathy as a Self-Care Tool for Your Child

January 2, 2019 Health Collective ask the experts, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Empathy, mental health and children, Parenting, Relationships, self care

By Mimansa Singh Tanwar Moving to a different country just (a few) months ago, it hasn’t been easy for my

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Articles Health Collective Mental Health Reporter's Diary 

Heart Mothers: Adoption and Maternal Mental Health

October 31, 2018 Health Collective Adoption, getting help, Maternal Health, mental health and india, Mental Health and Mothers, PPD, Relationships

By Swarnima Bhattacharya There are as many motherhoods as there are mothers. Their subjectivity, journeys and experiences all mould and

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Love in the air
Articles Guest Contributors 

Once Upon a Time: The Keys to Romance

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Love, MPower, Relationships, Understanding Relationships

By Tanya Vasunia It is through our relationships that we evolve and thrive as human beings. The last ten years have

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Articles Ask the Experts Voices 

Relationships 101: What We Need to Know

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Love, Pragya Lodha, Relationships, Understanding Relationships

What is the deal with relationships? How do we heal emotionally or even process conflicts or misunderstandings in a relationship?

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Articles Ask the Experts Mental Health 

Gaslighting: Getting Help and Healing

June 2, 2018 Health Collective Abuse and Relationships, ask the experts, Emotional Health, Gaslighting, getting help, mental health, Relationships

By Scherezade Siobhan This is Part 2 of a Series on Gaslighting. Read Part One, GASLIGHTING: RED FLAGS  The logical

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Suicide Helplines

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Mental Health Resources

  • The World Health Organization’s Fact Sheet on Depression 
  • The WHO guidelines on Preventing Suicide: Media Resource
  • The Samaritans Media Guidelines on Reporting About Suicide
  • National Crime Records Bureau report on Suicides in India
  • Mental HealthCare Act 2017
  • The National Mental Health Survey
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